doctrinaire

Meanings

Plural: doctrinaires

Noun

• a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
• A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
• In France, in 1815–30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.

Adjective Satellite

• stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

Adj

• Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.

Synonyms

dogmatist

Related Words

docent, docile, doctor, doctorate, doctrinal, doctrine, document, indoctrinate, true believer

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